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“Property -- the more common it becomes the more holy it becomes.”

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Saint Gertrude the Great, born on January 6, 1256, and died on November 17, 1302, was a renowned saint from Germany. She was known for her piety and charitable works. more

“I know thou art gone to the home of thy rest-- Then why should my soul be so sad? I know thou art gone where the weary are blest, And the mourner looks up, and is glad; I know thou hast drank of the Lethe that flows In a land where they do not forget, That sheds over memory only repose, And takes from it only regret.”

Knows Should Looks Art Soul Home Death Memories Forget Gone Land Regret Flow Glad My Soul Look Up Shed Weary Drank Repose So Sad Lethe

Author:Thomas Kibble Hervey

“I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!”

Helping Seems Five Minutes Terrible Scream Freak Butterfly Five Minutes I Get Butterflies

Author:Josh Groban

“Wake, soldier wake, thy war-horse waits To bear thee to the battle back;-- Thou slumberest at a foeman's gates,-- Thy dog would break thy bivouac; Thy plume is trailing in the dust, And thy red falchion gathering rust.”

War Waiting Break Dog Bears Battle Red Horse Soldier Dust Thee Gates Gathering Rust War Horse

Book:The Poems of Thomas Kibble Hervey

Source: The Poems of Thomas Kibble Hervey

“The fountain of my heart dried up within me,-- With nought that loved me, and with nought to love, I stood upon the desert earth alone. And in that deep and utter agony, Though then, then even most unfit to die I fell upon my knees and prayed for death.”

Heart Earth Dies My Heart Desert Knees Agony Fountain Desolation

Author:Charles Robert Maturin

“Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.”

Speak Voice Solitude Murder Chains Cells Murderer Dungeons

Author:Charles Robert Maturin

“Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.”

Beauty Fine Fingers Purity Crystals

Book:Fredolfo: A Tragedy, in Five Acts

Source: Fredolfo: A Tragedy, in Five Acts

“Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; It is best to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.”

Love Wells Love Is Wise Honest Being Honest Merry Old Love

Author:Charles Robert Maturin

“My own lov'd light, That very soft and solemn spirit worships, That lovers love so well--strange joy is thine, Whose influence o'er all tides of soul hath power, Who lend'st thy light to rapture and despair; The glow of hope and wan hue of sick fancy Alike reflect thy rays: alike thou lightest The path of meeting or of parting love-- Alike on mingling or on breaking hearts Thou smil'st in throned beauty!”

Wells Heart Soul Light Joy Spirit My Own Path Influence Strange Lovers Moon Despair Worship Sick Meetings Fancy Rays Tides Solemn Parting Rapture Heart Break Hue Mingling Lovers Love

Author:Charles Robert Maturin

“The limner's art may trace the absent feature, And give the eye of distant weeping faith To view the form of its idolatry; But oh! the scenes 'mid which they met and parted; The thoughts--the recollections sweet and bitter,-- Th' Elysian dreams of lovers, when they loved,-- Who shall restore them?”

Giving May Art Dream Eye Form Views Sweet Lovers Mets Scene Separation Bitter Features Absent Weeping Recollection Idolatry

Book:Betram, Or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand: A Trgedy ...

Source: Betram, Or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand: A Trgedy ...

“The soul shares not the body's test.”

Soul Body Sleep Share Tests

Author:Charles Robert Maturin

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